07b_Gender Dysphoria

Question 1

Gender Dysphoria

Answer 1

Incongruence between one’s assigned gender at birth and one’s experienced or expressed gender

Strong desire to be the opposite gender

Question 2

Gender Dysphoria in Children:

Characteristic Preferences

Answer 2

Wearing clothes of other gender

Cross gender roles during play

Toys and activities typically used by other gender

Playmates of the opposite gender

Rejection of toys, games, and activities associated with one’s assigned gender

Primary and/or secondary sex characteristics of one’s experienced gender

Question 3

Gender Dysphoria

Duration criteria

Answer 3

6+ months

[regardless of age]

Question 4

Gender Dysphoria:

Symptom Criteria

Answer 4

2+ symptoms: Adolescents and Adults

1+ symptoms: children

Question 5

Gender Dysphoria in Adolescents and Adults

Characteristic symptoms

Answer 5

Desire to be rid of one’s primary/secondary sex characteristics

Desire for primary/secondary sex characteristics of the opposite gender

Desire to be of the opposite gender

Desire to be treated as the opposite gender

Strong conviction that one has feelings and reactions that are characteristic of the opposite gender

Question 6

Gender Dysphoria in Adolescents and Adults:

Specifiers

Answer 6

Disorder of sex development

Posttransition
[completed or preparing 1+ cross-sex medical procedure or treatment regimen]

Question 7

Gender Dysphoria:

Age of onset

Answer 7

Usually 2 - 4 years old

Question 8

Natal Gender

Answer 8

Assigned gender at birth

Question 9

Gender dysphoria:

Rates of persistence

Answer 9

Natal males: 2.2 to 30%

Natal females: 12 to 50%

Question 10

Gender Dysphoria:

Sexual Attraction

Answer 10

Sexually attraction to natal gender for most individuals